HIGHLIGHTS

PM Narendra Modi told the council of ministers that they should remember the promises made in the party manifesto and implement policies accordingly.

HIGHLIGHTS

The review meeting went on for five hours.

PM urged ministers to monitor progress on their respective projects.

He asked them to fulfill promises made in the manifesto.

Even as it was a comprehensive review meeting meant for assessing progress works of various ministries and departments, but some ministers could not avoid using mobile phones and they got a lesson from the PM. Ministers were advised that they should not use mobile phones during such meetings.

Even as it was a comprehensive review meeting meant for assessing progress works of various ministries and departments, but some ministers could not avoid using mobile phones and they got a lesson from the PM. Ministers were advised that they should not use mobile phones during such meetings.

KEEP THE PROMISE

In the first such review meeting which went on for about five hours on Thursday evening, Prime Minister Narendra Modi told the council of ministers that they should think innovative and should remember the promises made in the party manifesto and shape and implement policies accordingly to keep the trust of the people intact.

LIFE CAN MOVE WITHOUT THE USE OF PHONES

Sources said that the PM took note of the progress of every department and major flagship schemes of the government. Secretaries gave representations of progress works of respective departments. Finance secretary Shaktikanta Das gave comprehensive representations of announcements made in the budget for various departments of the government. While the presentations of various ministries were going on, a few ministers were found using mobile phones even when the PM was engaged in taking note of the progress works. Taking strong view of this, Modi told the ministers, "Life can move on even without using mobile phones for few hours."

Sources said that the PM was apparently displeased and told the ministers that they should not have come to the meetings if they wanted to keep themselves engaged on mobile phones even during the meeting. The ministers were advised to not use mobile phones in the next meetings.

MODI TO MINISTERS: WORK BETTER

According to sources, the message was loud and clear that the benefits of the announcements made in the budget should reach the common people and ministries should work accordingly. Without mentioning any particular name, the PM told the ministers to work better.

"The focus was on the implementation of projects and departments have been clearly told to avoid delays in the completion of projects and ministries have been told to complete the unfinished work of the year 2015-16," said a source. There were presentations how every department has implemented and how allocations were made under the budgets the NDA government has presented in last two years. Some ministers informed the PM that many projects get delayed due to not so proactive approach of state governments. On this, the concerned departments were told to expedite the matter.

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